Commander Jae Shepard
21 February 2011 @ 12:28 am
CALM THE HELL DOWN.

No, the NMPD doesn't know anything about the missing people.  No, we can't explain the bouts of exhaustion and memory loss people have been experiencing.  Yes, we are offering a reward for anyone who can come forward with an explanation -- a credible explanation that's supported by the evidence.  No, we cannot change your status to 'released' for you.  Yes, we get sick of being clueless stooges, thank you so much for asking.  How the Hell do you expect us to help you when you're placing so many complaint calls they have to call beat cops back to the station just to answer the damned phones?

Is this really the first time you've had to deal with an incompetent obstructionist government that denies, conceals, and ignores all the important facts?  Look, I showed up on this island exactly the same way all of you did, so what the Hell makes you think I'd be better informed?  This shiny badge?  All that means is that if you get too far up my nose with your complaints, I get to drag you back to the station so you can stew the night in the drunk tank and, like I suggested, calm the Hell down.

I understand that you're frightened and frustrated.  I understand why.  And I promise you, we're all of us doing the best we goddamn well can.  If you can explain yourself calmly and quietly, I'll listen, and file a report, and maybe once I have a huge stack of eyewitness accounts rather than complaint reports telling me about disappearances, late-night hallucinations, and anything else crazy that's been going on, I'll have some sort of basis for an actual investigation.

And I will be investigating.
 
 
21 February 2011 @ 08:40 am
 
Holy Cats that was AWESOME.

Tonto, I just had the most simultaneously fucked up and amazing nightmare of my life! The moon was huge. And green! And, uh... okay, so I don't remember the rest of it. But come on. Green moon!! That's just a code word for cool!

Oh, yeah. I think I remember something about blood being all over the place, but uh... I don't know, maybe that's just my subconscious telling me I should find out where Lau gets blood for Connie. Which makes it less important than the trippy green moon, right? Man, I really wish you could see what I see sometimes!

... speaking of which, Tonto, where've you been lately? You should hear this idea I had about starting our business here. You and me, partners again! What do you say?